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the two mushrooms near the dots are about the same age. one cap opened and is flat, but the other is shriveled. theres a blue color on the stems and around the rim of the caps. there were water droplets on the cakes throughout the pinning stage, could that have caused bruising, or could it be a contamination?

As usual, it's a little hard to tell from the pic. I'd bet it's just bruising. Small fruits like that that start bruising early will often abort, so keep an eye on it. If the 'bluing' starts developing fuzz or growing in a different way, you might have a problem. Odds are they're not contaminated, though.

The caps were just removed from the two dotted mushrooms. The cap from unshriveled mushroom shriveled. on the bottom of both caps it is tinted blue, and you can see blue on the stems where the caps were connected.